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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/07/12 03:12:00 PM

Hula Post Production Travels the Globe to Serve 'Life of Pi'

In a project that spanned nearly four years and half the globe, Hula Post Production supplied editorial systems and support for Life of Pi¸ the new 3D film from 20th Century Fox and director Ang Lee. One of the industry’s leading suppliers of editorial systems for film and television production, Hula Post Production set up and maintained editorial operations in Taiwan, India, Canada, New York and Los Angeles.

With Life of Pi, Mr. Lee (Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor…a fearsome Bengal tiger.

12/07/12 03:12:00 PM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/07/12 03:12:19 PM

HP and DreamWorks Animation Cast Innovation As A Lead in 'Rise of the Guardians'

HP and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. have marked the latest chapter in their ongoing collaboration by working together to create an epic adventure for worldwide audiences with the breakthrough animation of the studio’s 3D movie, Rise of the Guardians.

Like each DreamWorks Animation film before it, Rise of the Guardians, which hit theaters on Nov. 21, pushes the boundaries of digital animation as the studio’s most technically advanced film to date.

12/07/12 03:12:19 PM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/07/12 02:12:46 PM

yU+co Reteams with Director Ang Lee to Create 'Life of Pi' Stereoscopic Typography For Main Title Sequence and Key Scenes

Life of Pi, Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee’s latest feature, pushes the boundaries of stereoscopic 3D, visual effects and cinematic storytelling. To create the film’s elegantly crafted main title sequence, end crawl and additional key sequences in the film, he again turned to creative director Garson Yu and the creative team at design/visual effects studio yU+co.

“I think I share a similar visual aesthetic with Ang, which is why we work well together and he involves us in the filmmaking process. Ang introduced us to this project nearly two years ago when he and his team were still in pre-production,” Yu says. “He was looking to create a new visual language for how stereoscopic 3D can be used to tell a story.”

12/07/12 02:12:46 PM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/07/12 02:12:08 PM

Teaser for 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Released

The first teaser for J.J. Abrams' highly antitipated follow-up Star Trek Into Darkness has been released and features new villain Benedict Cumberbatch (as Khan) narrating a menacing threat that "he has returned to have his vengeance."

Watch below.

12/07/12 02:12:08 PM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/07/12 11:12:06 AM

Chris Curtis Brings Back Christmas Americana of Yore with New Music Video

Get lost in the nostalgic world of mid-century Christmas greeting cards with this quirky, animated music video directed by Chris Curtis. The video is for Cornershop's Christmas single "Every Year So Different."

Says Curtis, "The song inspired me to go down a rabbit hole of bygone bucolic happenings and into the inner mind of a cuckoo clock jukebox. Clockwork feline hosts and floating bears fill a festive snow globe world inspired by the rosy nostalgia of 50s and 60s American greetings cards. Scratching back and forth, the video serves up a wistful and warm classic.” (via Promo News)

12/07/12 11:12:06 AM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/04/12 11:12:25 AM

The Digitally Created World of 'Life of Pi'

Life of Pi's visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer talks to Fast Company's Co.Create about his work creating everything from digital water to a digital tiger in the visual spectacular. He explains, "I was really nervous about the water. Part of my job is to figure out how to get things to work but there’s an even more important function--which is that even when I’m terrified about something I have to emote confidence. It’s still kind of shocking that it all worked. It came down to the fact that water behaves according to physical laws and is predictable. We could do things like find the peaks per frame when the raft goes up and down, and code that into our wave function. We then sat down and matched all the fine details."

Read the full piece here.

12/04/12 11:12:25 AM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,12/03/12 05:12:18 PM

San Francisco Gets Destroyed in Viral Promo Clip for Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim'

The first piece of video from Guillermo Del Toro's sci-fi film Pacific Rim's viral campaign has been released -- and San Francisco is getting the brunt of it. The fictional news clip shows a monster attacking the California city while an announcer calls it "a war zone."

Pacific Rim releases next summer. Watch the viral clip below. (via Film Equals)

12/03/12 05:12:18 PM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,11/28/12 01:11:59 PM

Moleskine's Planners Get the Stop-Motion Treatment

Check out the charming stop-motion commercial that Rogier Wieland painstakingly directed for Moleskine planners. Says Wieland about the most challenging aspects of the shoot, "Worst was the scene with the mouse. We built a big wooden box around the set, so the mouse couldn’t escape. The height of the walls of the box and the warm light that was close made it physically pretty hard to do all the frame by frame stop motion. But the mouse stayed cool and did an excellent performance!"

Watch the spot and a making-of below and read more with Wieland here on DitoGear.

11/28/12 01:11:59 PM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,11/28/12 11:11:48 AM

How to Elevate Food Commercials Into Slow-Motion Art

German commercial production company The Marmalade goes behind-the-scenes of its gorgeous slow-motion shoots, often of mouthwatering foods. They explain their unique mix of mechanics, technology and CGI in the 7-minute video found below. (via Adweek)

Here is just one of The Marmalade's artsy finished spots.

 

11/28/12 11:11:48 AM

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network,11/27/12 01:11:20 PM

'The Hobbit' Vlog: The Post-Production Process

In Peter Jackson's latest Hobbit vlog, the director takes us through the hectic post-production and visual effects schedule, which involves working right up until two days before the premiere. Watch below.

11/27/12 01:11:20 PM